About this Publication

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Marion Scott Gallery in 1999, this catalogue brings together work by two different, highly individual artists: sculptor Josiah Nuilaalik and textile artist Irene Avaalaaqiaq. While often similar in terms of their spiritual and transformational subject matter, these two artists represent the diversity of peoples and art-making traditions that characterize Baker Lake.

Avaalaaqiaq, who was raised south of Baker Lake, creates wallhangings that are bold and colourful, yet clearly feminine. Nuilaalik, originally Netsilik from the Back River area to the north, carves stone sculptures that are restrained, even austere. But as curator Robert Kardosh argues, such differences are outweighed by one major similarity: the ability of both artists to create powerful images that transcend simple illustration.

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